UNDERCURRENTS
Jeff Homes is a sailor and ace navigator who likes to know where he's going, but ends up out of work in Belize, fired off a cruise ship, without a dollar... Adrift.
All of that changes when Kent Dietrich offers him a job on his luxury yacht, "The Wanderer". Dietrich is taking a handful of rich investors to Mayaguez, Puerto Rico to sell them shares in a new Casino / condominium.
Jeff likes the destination, and takes the job.
But the minute Jeff lays eyes on Nola Dietrich, he knows he's in trouble. She is beautiful, seductive, wealthy... and manipulating.
The type of woman to throw a man off course.
And the longer Jeff is on "The Wanderer", the more off course he becomes. Everyone has a hidden agenda. Everyone has a scam and a con. Everyone is out to cheat everyone else. The Casino is part of an elaborate con to bilk the investors out of six million dollars. It's a Ship Of Foolers, and Kent Dietrich is captain.
Nola convinces Jeff to drug her husband and steal the money. Since Kent's casino scam can't stand up to police scrutiny, Dietrich won't make any waves. The victim will cover up the crime.
When Jeff goes to steal the money, he finds Kent dead and the six million gone. And realizes he has been set up by somebody on "The Wanderer".
Probably Nola.
Jeff turns detective, slyly interviewing everyone on the yacht and searching their cabins. But which clues are real, and which are part of the con?
Caught in a web of deceit, where victims are manipulators and the best lie is the truth, Jeff is in uncharted waters. His navigation skills can't save him from the lies and twisted schemes. He must chart his course by gut instinct... dead reckoning.
"UNDERCURRENTS" is a hip mystery-noir in the tradition of "Usual Suspects" and "Spanish Prisoner": 'The Grifters' on a yacht, with a twist at the crest of every wave.
"UNDERCURRENTS" a screenplay by William C. Martell
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